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Tenor Mouthpiece Reviews

Kanee Professional Series Florida Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece

November 9, 2011 by Steve 9 Comments

Today I am reviewing a new Kanee  tenor saxophone mouthpiece.  This is called the “Florida” model and is in the Kanee professional series of mouthpieces. About a year ago, I reviewed  the Kanee O7 and V7 custom tenor mouthpieces.  These were great playing mouthpieces that were introduced to the market at a very affordable price. […]

Filed Under: Tenor Low Baffle Reviews, Tenor Mouthpiece Reviews Tagged With: florida, jazz mouthpiece, Kanee, mouthpieces, professional model, tenor saxophone

Phil-Tone Equinox and Eclipse Tenor Saxophone Mouthpieces

September 22, 2011 by Steve 39 Comments

Today I am reviewing the Phil-Tone Equinox tenor saxophone mouthpiece.  I’m also including a sound clip and comparison to the Phil-Tone Eclipse mouthpiece.  I reviewed the Eclipse over two years ago on this site when it was just called the Phil-Tone.  Here is that review. The Phil-Tone mouthpieces are made by Phil Engleman.  Phil has […]

Filed Under: Tenor Medium Baffle Reviews, Tenor Mouthpiece Reviews Tagged With: Eclipse, Equinox, Phil Engleman, Phil-tone, sax mouthpiece, tenor saxophone

SAXZ “Vintage 1950” Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece

September 21, 2011 by Steve 4 Comments

This is a SaxZ “Vintage 1950” hard rubber tenor saxophone mouthpiece.  SaxZ is a company in Japan which is run by Mitsu Watanabe.  I reviewed a SAXZ Dave Sanborn model which was a very modern sounding mouthpiece.  This tenor mouthpiece is SAXZ’s version of a vintage 1950 type mouthpiece. SAXZ  “Vintage 1950” Model Tenor Mouthpiece […]

Filed Under: Tenor Mouthpiece Reviews Tagged With: hard rubber, sax mouthpiece, SaxZ, tenor saxophone, vintage 1950

Phil Barone Super New York Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece

September 9, 2011 by Steve 53 Comments

Up for review today, is a new tenor saxophone mouthpiece model by Phil Barone.  It’s called the Super New York.  Phil Barone has been making mouthpieces for a long long time.  I first heard his name back in the 90’s when I saw Dino Govoni play at the Acton Jazz Club.  Dino sounded great that […]

Filed Under: Tenor Medium Baffle Reviews, Tenor Mouthpiece Reviews Tagged With: Phil Barone, sax mouthpiece, Super New York, tenor saxophone

Tenor Madness 42 Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece

September 7, 2011 by Steve 17 Comments

The new Tenor Madness 42 (TM 42) 7* tenor saxophone mouthpiece by James Bunte appeared out of nowhere.  I was browsing through Sax on the Web (SOTW) and I came across a discussion about the TM 42 mouthpieces by James Bunte that were being sold at Saxquest.  A couple of people were raving about them […]

Filed Under: Tenor Medium Baffle Reviews, Tenor Mouthpiece Reviews Tagged With: 42, James Bunte, Saxquest, Tenor madness.tenor mouthpiece

Lebayle LRII Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece

August 15, 2011 by Steve 25 Comments

Today, I am reviewing a Fred Lebayle LRII tenor saxophone mouthpiece.  The last time I played a Lebayle tenor mouthpiece was about 8 years ago.  I bought a wood Lebayle Jazz mouthpiece to try.  The mouthpiece totally blew my mind.  I fell in love with it and was ecstatic to play it.  I played it […]

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Ishimori Woodstone 7* Hard Rubber Tenor Sax Mouthpiece

August 15, 2011 by Steve 21 Comments

I have an Ishimori Woodstone hard rubber tenor sax mouthpiece to review and play for you today. This is a 7* tip opening (.105) hard rubber mouthpiece. I have been eagerly wanting to play one of these Ishimori mouthpieces for quite a while.  I reviewed an 8 tip last week and wanted to try a […]

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Ishimori Woodstone 8 Hard Rubber Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece

August 6, 2011 by Steve 10 Comments

I have an Ishimori Woodstone hard rubber tenor sax mouthpiece to review and play for you today.  This is a 8 tip opening (.110) hard rubber mouthpiece.   I have been eagerly wanting to play one of these Ishimori mouthpieces for quite a while. Ishimori Woodstone Hard Rubber Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Over the past few months, […]

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Ishimori Woodstone Silver Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece

August 6, 2011 by Steve 9 Comments

I have an Ishimori Woodstone silver tenor sax mouthpiece to review and play for you today. This is a 8 tip (.110) high baffled mouthpiece.  I have been eagerly wanting to play these Ishimori mouthpieces for quite a while. Ishimori Woodstone Silver Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece Over the past few months, I have heard of Ishimori […]

Filed Under: Tenor High Baffle Reviews, Tenor Mouthpiece Reviews Tagged With: Ishimori, metal, saxophone mouthpiece, silver, tenor sax, Woodstone

Mark Spencer Silver Tenor Mouthpiece

May 5, 2011 by Steve 19 Comments

Here’s a new mouthpiece review of a Mark Spencer Silver tenor saxophone mouthpiece.  I bought this mouthpiece from Bob Franceschini who some of you might know. (He played saxophone with Mike Stern for a number of years). Mark Spencer is a mouthpiece maker and refacer in Australia that made this mouthpiece especially for Bob Franceschini.  […]

Filed Under: Tenor High Baffle Reviews, Tenor Mouthpiece Reviews Tagged With: Bob Franceschini, Mark Spencer, saxophone mouthpiece, tenor sax

Phil Barone NY Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece

May 3, 2011 by Steve 6 Comments

This is a Phil Barone NY model tenor mouthpiece I have for a review today.  As you can see from the pictures, this mouthpiece has been heavily used by some past owners……………not the prettiest mouthpiece I’ve had on here.  The gold plating is all worn off and there is some corrosion on the brass.  Sometimes […]

Filed Under: Tenor Medium Baffle Reviews, Tenor Mouthpiece Reviews Tagged With: Ny model, Phil Barone, saxophone mouthpiece, tenor sax

Theo Wanne Refaced Selmer Soloist Tenor Mouthpiece

May 1, 2011 by Steve 4 Comments

Here’s another clip of a great Selmer Soloist that Mark Sepinuck let me  try.  For those of you who don’t know Mark he is one of the premier dealers of high end mouthpieces.  If you look on ebay he goes by “10mfan”.  I met Mark years ago when he used to live up near Boston.  […]

Filed Under: Tenor Low Baffle Reviews, Tenor Mouthpiece Reviews Tagged With: sax mouthpiece, Selmer soloist, tenor saxophone, Theo Wanne

Jon Van Wie Meyer Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece

May 1, 2011 by Steve 13 Comments

This is a modern Meyer tenor saxophone mouthpiece that I recently bought.  This one is a 7 that was refaced by the late great Jon Van Wie to a .105 tip opening.  I knew that if Jon Van Wie had refaced it then it would be a great example of what a Meyer could do.  […]

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Warburton LA Tenor Saxophone Mouthpiece

April 14, 2011 by Steve 46 Comments

This is a Warburton LA tenor saxophone mouthpiece that I am reviewing today.   This tenor saxophone mouthpiece has a .110 tip opening and is silver plated.  These are made by the great mouthpiece refacer Eric Falcon down in Florida. I have done a number of reviews in the past on other mouthpieces that Eric […]

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